LEADER 03259nam 2200457 450 001 9910794188803321 005 20230422035058.0 010 $a1-4744-7338-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474473385 035 $a(CKB)4100000010673830 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141377 035 $a(DE-B1597)615182 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474473385 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010673830 100 $a20200620d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJewish American literature since 1945 $ean introduction /$fStephen Wade 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d[1999] 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (222 pages) 311 $a1-85331-226-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: Persisent Themes and Questions -- $t1 The Historical and Literary Foundations: Pre-1945 -- $t2 Seminal Influences: Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yezierska and Henry Roth -- $t3 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction I: Bellow, Malamud, Roth and Identity Crises -- $t4 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction II: Erica Jong, Grace Paley and Tillie Olson -- $t5 Explorations in Drama: from Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner -- $t6 Poetry across the Generations: Duality to Assimilation -- $t7 The Mediation of Jewishness in Cultural Texts: Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Paul Auster and Woody Allen -- $t8 Relocating Moralism in Jewish America: Past and Present in Chaim Potok and the later Saul Bellow -- $t9 New Directions across the Generations: From Philip Roth to Cynthia Ozick -- $tConclusion: A Renaissance or Revisionism? -- $tGlossary of Yiddish Terms -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aJewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. In this book Stephen Wade offers a student guide to major writers, their key works and to influential background factors including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction. The themes, issues and philosophies of writers including Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Isaac Bashevis Singer are inter-related and wider literary and historical topics are alluded to and explained. Covering women's writing, novels, poetry and drama, the author offers a readable guide to the achievements of a key group of writers in twentieth-century American literature.Key FeaturesA student guide to major writers in post-war American literatureA chapter on each of the 5 main writersCovers theoretical aspects -- the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction -- in an easily accessible wayOffers background material to situate the work of the writers 606 $aAmerican literature$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAmerican literature$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 676 $a810.98924 700 $aWade$b Stephen$f1948-$0169170 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794188803321 996 $aJewish American literature since 1945$93855293 997 $aUNINA